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Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Video Game Franchises

Dave Tucker — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:30:04 +0000

Journal: Ender Saga

Dave Tucker — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:46:39 +0000

I have recently finished reading Ender’s Game and Speaker for the Dead, and have just started Xenocide. They are amazing. I do not usually enjoy fiction, but I can not put these books down. It is my understanding that the first two books are the best, but I think I will probably read the whole series regardless. Orson Scott Card will definitely be near the top of my Top Ten Favorite Authors list when I do one. After the Ender Saga, it is on to The Memory of Earth.

Wow! And I just found this!

Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Superpowers

Dave Tucker — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:56:00 +0000

Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Antagonists

Dave Tucker — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:52:08 +0000

Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII)
Uchiha Itachi (Naruto)
The Operative (Serenity)
Darth Maul (Star Wars: The Phantom Menace)
Adelei Niska (Firefly)
Magneto (X-Men)
The Joker (The Dark Knight)
Agent Smith (The Matrix)
The Predator (The Predator)
Darken Rahl (Wizard’s First Rule)

Sci-fi Movie Ideas: Hellfish

Dave Tucker — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:55:20 +0000

Title: Hellfish

Tagline: It’s one hell of a fish!

Plot Synopsis: When a group of college kids on spring break accidentally awaken a 10,000 year old demonic shark, Captain Bruce Bailey (Corin Nemec) must come out of retirement to pilot the Navy’s newest experimental submarine. But even with the help of a brilliant and beautiful scientist (Morena Baccarin), he’ll find overcoming Hellfish’s psychic powers to be devilishly difficult.

Quote: “Let’s see your telekinesis stop this, Hellfish!”

Politics: Go, Team, Go!

Dave Tucker — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 21:17:12 +0000

Burning Giraffe over at National Polemic recently manufactured a brilliant analogy regarding our political process. In his article, he refers to Americans as “the only people in the world who treat their political system as if it were a sports league or a reality tv program. They take a minimal interest in how government works, but they root passionately for their team.”

While I clearly perceive the prominent political ignorance so popular with today’s partisans, never before have I considered it in those terms. Sports fans are very nearly what we have. However, even the average Yankees fan knows the rules of the game - the average voter does not.

Imagine a man watching a football game. He stares, completely unaware of the rules of the game, but wholly desiring victory for his team. His gaze is fixed intently on the field. Suddenly, the players come alive with movement. Opposing players collide with each other. Others run down field. An object is thrown in to the air - and caught. Someone in a striped shirt makes an arcane gesture. The man looks to the score board - 6 points for the opposing team. He shrieks in anger, unable to grasp why the points were awarded to the other team. Obviously the opposing team cheated, but how?

This seems to be a fairly accurate portrayal of the current state of things. The solution to all this? Stop spectating, learn the rules, and get in the game!

Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Composers

Dave Tucker — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:50:37 +0000

Great Quotes: Aaron Sorkin

Dave Tucker — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:24:49 +0000

“If you’re dumb, surround yourself with smart people. And if you’re smart, surround yourself with smart people who disagree with you.” - Aaron Sorkin

Top Ten Tuesday: Favorite Actors

Dave Tucker — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:28:42 +0000

Sci-fi Movie Ideas: Meerkat Murder

Dave Tucker — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:20:45 +0000

Title: Meerkat Murder

Tagline: They’re more than mere cats.

Plot Synopsis: When a genetically mutated trio of meerkats escape from a government lab, it is up to local TV news reporter Jim London (Matt Jordan) and his new girlfriend (Chelan Simmons) to stop them before they bring New York City to its knees.

Quote: “These meerkats are as intelligent as they are evil. You’ll need my help if you are to have any chance of stopping them. Only I know their weakness.”